What the Zhang Boys Know has won the 2013 Library of Virginia Award for Fiction! See the story in the Richmond Times Dispatch. This was a great honor. The other finalists were The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and The Right-Hand Shore by Christopher Tilghman.

Reviews

in Pank: Review of What the Zhang Boys Know — “What The Zhang Boys Know is only Garstang’s second full-length publication, but it’s a beautiful, thought-provoking read that further assures a bright future for a talented writer.“

on AliceOsborn.com: Review of What the Zhang Boys Know — “These stories are not a light walk through life but rather thought-provoking and often life changing narratives that are both personal and universal. Garstang allows the reader to find their own truth through fictional truth and in doing so, I believe the reader will find a morsel of themselves within each story.”

in The Short Review: Review of In an Uncharted Country — “These are wonderful and authentic moments of insight where characters link emotion and geography in an attempt to communicate, to make sense of their experience.”

in Peace Corps Worldwide: Review of In an Uncharted Country — “If Clifford Garstang’s stories were a city, they wouldn’t be a place you would have heard much about. But if you happened to settle there, you wouldn’t want to leave. . . Garstang’s book looks good and reads better.”

in Mid-American Review (Volume XXX): Review of In an Uncharted Country — “Read Garstang for his handle on craft, his ability to imply. Read the book because it’s a navigational tool. With clear-eyed precision, it maps the unseen: It draws out how we locate ourselves in a world of knotty relations and turbulent climates.”